1. D R Y M OICA S U B S T R IA TA
Z DRY M 0 1 CA PAL L ID A .
(Aves —Plate72, J
A v e s—P late LXXII — F ig . 1 . ( F emale.)
D. supra flavo-brunnea colore rubiginosa tincta; infra ochraceo-alba; pectore striis brunneis variegato;
remigibus brunneo-rubris pallide griseo-brunneo-marginatis; rectricibus griseo-brunneis colore rubi-
ginosd lavatis; rostro colore corneo; tarsis, pedibus, unguibusque rubri-flavis.
Longitxjdo e rostri apice ad basin caudee 2 tine. 8 lin.; caudee 3 unc.
C olour.—The top of the head, the sides of the neck and the shoulders light
broccoli-brown; the back of the head, the upper parts of the neck, the
interscapulars, back, and tail coverts a uniform rusty yellowish brown.
Sides of head and ear-coverts pale wood-brown, the latter faintly streaked
with dull umber-brown ; eyebrows white, prolonged behind the eyes. Chin,
throat, centre of breast, and belly, ochrey white, the breast variegated with
several narrow, longitudinal, umber-brown stripes, one along the centre of
each feather ; flanks and vent light yellowish brown. Primary and secondary
quill coverts, and the quill feathers, pale brownish red, faintly margined with
wood-brown; some of the inner secondaries and the tertiaries broadly
margined with yellowish brown. Tail a rusty broccoli-brown, the middle
feathers darkest. Bill a dark horn-colour; legs, toes, and claws pale buff-
orange, the latter brown at the points.
F orm, &c.— Figure slender and lengthened. Bill slender and nearly
straight, the culmen slightly arched, particularly towards the point; it is
triangular at the base, and compressed towards the tip : nostrils small,
* Having carefully compared all the species of this genus which I possess, with the species described
and represented by Levaillant, (Oiseaux d’Afri|ue,) .1 am not able i to satisfy myself of the identity of
more than one of mine, the “ Pine Pine" plate 131; hence I have preferred figuring all the species which
I possess, rather than incur the risk of including two species under one name. The species I have figured
as Drymoica rvficapilla is, I suspect, identical with Le Rousse Tete, Levaillant, plate 124, but the
rest I am disposed to regard as specifically different from any described by him. I am sometimes disposed
to believe that the renowned traveller, whom no one can respect and honour more than I do, has
occasionally, from accident, probably through an intermixture of specimens, considered birds as natives of
South Africa which belong to other countries; and it is only by presuming such to have happened, that I
can account for my never having been able to procure or hear of various species which Levaillant affirms
! are found in it.